Fence for poultry-yards



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEFroE.

WILLIAM P. THOMAS, OF WHITEIVATER, INDIANA.

FENCE FOR POULTRY-YARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 18,064, dated August 25, 1857.

To all whom t may concern vBe it known that I, WILLIAM PIERCE THOMAS, of Whitewater, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the upper portion of a fence with a swinging frame, so poised that when a domestic fowl lights upon the bar upon the side of approach, (as it is very sure to do before flying over the fence) the swinging frame will turn in such a manner as to throw the fowl to the earth, upon the same side of the fence from which it made the attempt to cross.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top or plan View of frame C, D, E, E, F, G. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of frame C, D, E, E, F, G. Fig. 4 is an end view of frame C, D, E, E, F, Gr.

A, A, are two ordinary fencing posts.

B, B, B, are the boards or lathing secured in any proper manner to posts A, A.

Near the top of the posts A, A, is attached the swinging frame, C, D, E, E, F, G, constituted as follows.

C, is a piece of scantling about eighteen or twenty inches in length permanently framed at right angles across a similar piece,

D, which must be somewhat longer. Two of these frames, C, D, C, D, swinging transversely between posts A, A, are connected thus. The ends of pieces, D, D, receive the scantlings, E, E, and the ends of pieces D, D, receive boards F, G. E, E, are two pieces of very light scantling or strips of board connecting D, D, as already described. F, is a board eight or ten inches wide hinged to the top ends of C, C, in any suitable manner. G, is a board permanently framed into the lower ends of C, C. These frames C, D, E, E, F, G are pivoted at their centers to post A, A, by screw bolts I, I, as shown.

It is not essential to this invention that the board F be hinged so as to swing. It may be framed in or nailed to C, C. It is found more eectual however to allow it to swing. The fowls are' thereby more certainly brushed off upon the tilting or inclination of the frame.

Now what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is.

1. The combination of the swinging frame C, D, E, E, F, G, with posts A, A, in the manner and for purposes herein set forth.

2. I claim the swinging board F, in combination with the swinging frame C, D, E. E, G, in the manner shown and described.

IVILLIAM PIERCE THOMAS.

Attest:

JOHN FINLEY, GEO. TAYLOR. 

